Plot

Tragicomic follow-up doc how the celebrated billion euro flagship of European green mining industry build in pristine wilderness-became a polluting open-pit uranium mine shocking the mining minded government and money pit for the nation.

Imagine a most stable North European country where citizens pay their taxes and trust their leaders. A huge mine is built on the promises of economic boom and green technology. As toxic waste spills into lakes, politicians spellbound by industry sweet talk use all their wisdom and public money to keep the mine operating. Narrated with laconic humor, this observational documentary chronicles the story of a billion euro corporate crash, which is still continuing.

How the celebrated billion euro flagship of green mining industry, the Talvivaara mine, built in pristine Finnish wilderness, became an environmental catastrophe, a bottomless money pit, and a source for endless governmental hearings and public discussion and industry sweet talk.

As the Earth is running out of resources, mining companies have less and less to exploit.

Finland aims to be a model country for environmentally friendly mining and organizing Green Mining seminars to promote clean technology. Foreign experts tell us there how the development of the World is becoming increasingly expensive by 2050. The Earth is running out of resources and mining companies have to use increasingly low-grade metal deposits. Finland aims to be a model country for environmentally friendly mining. Its pioneer project is the Talvivaara mine, which uses new biotechnology to extract low-grade nickel, zinc and uranium.

This chronicled film follows the local community whose frustration mounts after predicting and witnessing environmental disasters caused by the mine. It documents the industry's lobbying activities, and its preconceptions on activists. The company issues new shares to survive and tries to restore its reputation with help of PR consultants. It looks at the state government: the attitudes of civil servants who are licensing and supervising environmental permits and promoting sustainable mining industry. Politicians making decisions as the mine is going bankrupt and water levels are rising.

Who are the real experts to trust? A farmer, a fisherman, a clergyman, a rally driver; engineers, consultants, ministers and presidents: through several charismatic characters, the documentary film TERRA FAME - Land of Mine follows the tragicomic rise and fall of the biggest nickel mine in Western Europe, the effects of which continue to reverberate in the nation.